TY - JOUR
T1 - A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change
AU - Hässler, Tabea
AU - Ullrich, Johannes
AU - Bernardino, Michelle
AU - Shnabel, Nurit
AU - Laar, Colette Van
AU - Valdenegro, Daniel
AU - Sebben, Simone
AU - Tropp, Linda R.
AU - Visintin, Emilio Paolo
AU - González, Roberto
AU - Ditlmann, Ruth K.
AU - Abrams, Dominic
AU - Selvanathan, Hema Preya
AU - Branković, Marija
AU - Wright, Stephen
AU - von Zimmermann, Jorina
AU - Pasek, Michael
AU - Aydin, Anna Lisa
AU - Žeželj, Iris
AU - Pereira, Adrienne
AU - Lantos, Nóra Anna
AU - Sainz, Mario
AU - Glenz, Andreas
AU - Oberpfalzerová, Hana
AU - Bilewicz, Michal
AU - Kende, Anna
AU - Kuzawinska, Olga
AU - Otten, Sabine
AU - Maloku, Edona
AU - Noor, Masi
AU - Gul, Pelin
AU - Pistella, Jessica
AU - Baiocco, Roberto
AU - Jelic, Margareta
AU - Osin, Evgeny
AU - Bareket, Orly
AU - Biruski, Dinka Corkalo
AU - Cook, Jonathan E.
AU - Dawood, Maneeza
AU - Droogendyk, Lisa
AU - Loyo, Angélica Herrera
AU - Kelmendi, Kaltrina
AU - Ugarte, Luiza Mugnol
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - Guided by the early findings of social scientists, practitioners have long advocated for greater contact between groups to reduce prejudice and increase social cohesion. Recent work, however, suggests that intergroup contact can undermine support for social change towards greater equality, especially among disadvantaged group members. Using a large and heterogeneous dataset (12,997 individuals from 69 countries), we demonstrate that intergroup contact and support for social change towards greater equality are positively associated among members of advantaged groups (ethnic majorities and cis-heterosexuals) but negatively associated among disadvantaged groups (ethnic minorities and sexual and gender minorities). Specification-curve analysis revealed important variation in the size—and at times, direction—of correlations, depending on how contact and support for social change were measured. This allowed us to identify one type of support for change—willingness to work in solidarity— that is positively associated with intergroup contact among both advantaged and disadvantaged group members.
AB - Guided by the early findings of social scientists, practitioners have long advocated for greater contact between groups to reduce prejudice and increase social cohesion. Recent work, however, suggests that intergroup contact can undermine support for social change towards greater equality, especially among disadvantaged group members. Using a large and heterogeneous dataset (12,997 individuals from 69 countries), we demonstrate that intergroup contact and support for social change towards greater equality are positively associated among members of advantaged groups (ethnic majorities and cis-heterosexuals) but negatively associated among disadvantaged groups (ethnic minorities and sexual and gender minorities). Specification-curve analysis revealed important variation in the size—and at times, direction—of correlations, depending on how contact and support for social change were measured. This allowed us to identify one type of support for change—willingness to work in solidarity— that is positively associated with intergroup contact among both advantaged and disadvantaged group members.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41562-019-0815-z
DO - 10.1038/s41562-019-0815-z
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C2 - 31988440
AN - SCOPUS:85078474231
SN - 2397-3374
VL - 4
SP - 380
EP - 386
JO - Nature Human Behaviour
JF - Nature Human Behaviour
IS - 4
ER -
